Two Pieces for string quartet

(1931)

for string quartet

Duration: 8'

Territory

This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the UK, countries of the Commonwealth (excluding Canada) and the Republic of Ireland.

Repertoire Note

Written in a single night, these two brief pieces are both arrangements. The first is a haunting transcription of Katerina’s aria from scene 3 of Shostakovich’s opera ‘Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District’ op.29; the result is a delicate waltz for quartet. The second piece is a version of the famous and comical Polka from the Music Hall scene of Shostakovich’s ballet ‘The Golden Age’ op.22.